“Investigation into Scheduling Systems to improve Production Planning at Sinwa Rubber Industries Pvt.Ltd”
B. Brief description of company background and structure
History
According to Sinwa holdings (2006) company was established at 1948 when the independence was gifted to Sri Lanka. The founder Mr.Mohamed Abdul Cader Mukthar was a very successful, courageous young entrepreneur. He was the first to set up a venture to manufacture rubber based products like footwear. The technical assistance was offered by Malaysia. Finally the Ceylon Malayan Rubber Goods Limited was established in 1950.
The Sinwa holdings (2006) further stated that the factory was established at Dehiwala, Sri Lanka. The starting number of employees was 25. The company looked into more business aspects as they started growing up. This ended up in setting up a fully automated adhesive plant. This made Sinawa Holdings the first to touch the adhesive productions in Sri Lanka. Currently their adhesive product which comes under the brand name “Multibond” had captured the adhesive market and also holds the first position in it. In order to accommodate the business needs of the rubber products Sinawa a state of-the-art footwear factory and office complex was built in 1976 adjoining the original factory.. The organization was restructures in 1995 under the name Sinwa Holdings Limited. And currently functions as Sinawa Holdings Group. (Sinwa Holdings, 2006)
When we take the company Sinwa Rubber Industries Limited they produce a variety of rubber products and footwear components. They supply these rubber components for a number of industries. These rubber components include EVA soiling sheets also. List of rubber components manufactured by the Sinwa Holdings are as followings. * Rubber gum boots. * Rubber slippers * Rubber machine parts * EVA Sheets * Water Rings
As indicated by Cader.M (2010) the production of Sinwa can is done using the B2O strategy (Build to
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